Municipal government
Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Elaine Szymoniak papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0166
Abstract
Iowa State senator, Des Moines City Council member, and hearing and speech consultant.
Dates:
1974-2004
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Elaine Szymoniak papers
Katherine Stroud papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0420
Abstract
Leader of the 1949 campaign to reform Des Moines city government and adopt the city manager plan.
Dates:
1940-2001
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Katherine Stroud papers
League of Iowa Municipalities Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0248
Abstract
Annual convention proceedings, 1946-1961.
Dates:
1946 - 1976; Majority of material found in 1960-1980
League of Women Voters of Sioux City records
Collection
Identifier: IWA0229
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of Sioux City records date from 1978 to 1993 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings from the Sioux City Journal and the Des Moines Register chronicling local debates in the late 1970s about Sioux City's urban renewal and city government structure. Clippings on how other Iowa cities were handling these issues in their communities are included. The home rule charter folder includes the proposal submitted by the Sioux City Charter Commission to the mayor and city council, which called for re-structuring the city's government; among other things, the new charter would have given more power to the mayor. The proposed charter was hotly debated for several months and defeated in a narrow vote; the League opposed the charter. The urban renewal newspaper clippings describe conflicts over how to maintain a vital business sector, and an investigation into charges that a developer had misused...
Dates:
1978-1993
Loren L. Hickerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: msc0464
Abstract
Director of Alumni Programs and Director of Community Relations for the University of Iowa and mayor of Iowa City. Subject files, correspondence, speeches, etc.
Dates:
1940-1983; Majority of material found in 1960-1980
Margaret McCollum papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0143
Abstract
Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.
Dates:
1942-2008
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Margaret McCollum papers
Myrtilla F. Levin papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0032
Abstract
Active in the Republican Party, mayor of Newton, Iowa, and executive director of Iowa Business Council.
Dates:
1971-2010
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Myrtilla F. Levin papers
Naomi Novick papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0667
Abstract
Iowa City city councilor from 1990 to 1997. Chosen twice to serve as mayor.
Dates:
1922-2016
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Naomi Novick papers
Thelma B. Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0022
Abstract
Iowa City mayor in 1961; served on the city council from 1958 to 1963.
Dates:
1947-1967
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives
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Thelma B. Lewis papers